Automatic musical instrument or player.



No. 833,967. PATBNTBnocT, 23, 1906. P.B.KLUGH.

AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT R PLAYER. v APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 5, 1905.

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No. 833,967. PATENTED CCT. 23, 1906.

P. B. KLUGJEI.v AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT O-R PLAYER.

APPLICATION FILED -JUNE 5. 1905,.

vPAUL BROWN KLUGII, OF CHICAGO,

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ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CABLE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC MUSICAL` INSTRUMENT 'OR PLAYER.

specification f Letters recent.

curely rigid with the front sill 3a. These two bottom. boards are separated by an in` To (L7/7, whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PAUL BROWN KLUGH, a

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

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citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Musical Instruments or Players, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to the construction of automatic musical-instrument players, commonly called piano-players, the purpose of the invention being to afford a more rigid construction 4than vheretofore obtained for the case or framework and to utilize certain parts which are necessary to the operation of the mechanism for the secondary or incidental purpose oflstrengthening and stiffening the frame structure.

It consists of the features of construction set out in the claims. A

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fore-and-aft vertical section at the line I 1 on Fig. 2 through a player having my improvements, parts of the mechanism not necessarily involved being omitted.v Fig. 2 is a section at the line 2 2 on Fig. 1.I Fig. 3 is a section at The case of this player comprises two end' standards 1 1, which are strongly reinforced by fore-and-aft sills 2 2 across their lower ends; the front board 3whichcomprises a" sill 3, extending the entire length from end standard to end standard at the lower edge of the front board; the main back board 4, which is secured rigidly at its ends onto'the rear edges of the end standards 1 and which is further secured, .as hereinafter more particularlyexplainedj the neck back board 5;

'the 'shou der-board 6, and the several parts of the'u er portion of the casing A, inclosingv the pneumat'c action, (not illustrated,')` which is not particularly involved in the present invention. The sills 2 are made as rigid as possible. with the remainder of the end standards 1, as by gluing and screws 1.- To form a bottom over so much ofthe case as can be inclosed without impeding the pedal-action, bottom boards 7 7 are provided, which are securedat their ends to the sills 2 2, respectively, front sill 3a, angle-irons 7a and cleat-irons 7b being employed to give the utmost rigidit to the junction of such bottom boards wit the end sills, and cleat-irons 7c being similarly employedr for making' them more'se- 'obliquely-that is,

is well calculated to do by -endsof the chamber 9 to the end stan ,tion of the pumpers,

and atthe forward side to the terval a1 the middle of the length of the instrument 1n which the'l pedal movement Jfor operating the pumpers and the lower vend of the pumpers -themselves may be accommodated.

the movement ofl Q is the wind-chest or air-chamber. l lThis i l yelement' of the player is made in the form shown, consisting of a at chest which extends the entire length of the instrument from end standard to end standard and. substantially the entire hei ht of the instrument from the bottom sis to the shoulderboard 6. This at chamber or box is set inclined from front to rear--and abuts at its two ends directly upon the end standards, being secured to them rigidly, so as to brace them firmly, as it its width being nearly the full height of the standards to their shoulders.

A thoroughly secure method of joini 'tle ar s is that represented in the drawings, which consists in emplo ing cleats 10 10,- secured to the inner sides o the end standards, respectively, in front of the chamber 9, so thatthe latter,'being lodged against the cleats and being secured to them, is 'oined .very rigidly to the end standards Wit out the necessityof'using screws or other fastenings extendin without any danger, `therefore,arising from the mode of mounting or securing it, of -ru turin the chamber, or causing itto lea This Iong and iiat chamber having mounted upon itsrear side the pumpers I,1'1` 11 and the receiving or re bellows 14 14', the' gulating unctions'of which are well understood and `through the standard into the wind-chest an need not be further explained, would be liamiddle under the ac- Which lare, necessarily mounted upon -it at the middle part, and suchspringlng would not only tend to diminish the rigidity ofthe case, butl would also tend k,to spring leaks-in the chamber. To

ble to spring at the `prevent such result andby-stienin`g the chamber 'not only secure its safety, but adapt itl to increase the stiffness of the case as al whole, I provide the metal chairs or crossties 12 and 18 at the bottom and top, respectively, of the chamber.

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The chair 12'at the"l bottom is secured rigidly at the forward end to the front sill 21 at the'middle of the' length of the latter, which brings it between the behind the backA board, secured by screws takin into the back board and into the sill v4, his construction connecting .the iront sill 3a and rear sill or reinforce 4a andthe lower edge of theechamber 9 at the middle of the length of the three parts causes eachrof said parts to reinforce the other against back or forward springing or deflection and causes them all to contribute their stiffness to resist such springing as might otherwise result from the action of the pumpers on the chamber 9. The front board 3' is vreinforced by the wide stifener or reinorcing-board 3b, which is -glued and screwed fast to the rear side of said front board above the. pedal-opening and is rabbeted at 3c an upper slide-track for the pedal-,doors'll The'upper tie-bar of chair 13 is secured rigidly at its forward end'to the front board 3, being lodged upon and bolted to the upper ed e of the reinforce-board 3b and at its rear en to the back board 4, being intermediately extended directly 4rearward from the reinforce-board to the wind-chest, along/ whose front forward side it then-extends upward to the uplp'er edge and across said edge tothe rear and t en downward, forming a vseat or recess 13, engaging the upper edge of the Winde chest. T e case thus comprlses', for the urpose of stiffening it in vertical longitu inal planes, front board, back board, and the Windchest, each of which is rigid at the ends with the end standard, and-for stiffening i/t in horizontal longitudinal plane it has bottom boards 7 7, which are rigid with the endl standards andwith the front4 sill in the angle between them. On the inner ends of, the bottom boards 7' 7 there vare mounted and rigidl metal chair 12, serving to,

secured to the latter chair-blocks 7d 7d, .whic aHord lodgment for 'the lower edge' of the wind-chest 9 andwhich'may be notched to'v receive said edge, thus, 'in addition to the revent springing of said edge'of the wind-c est. The windchest is'also rabbeted at the lower corners to fit the sills -2 2, and thus obtains lodgment thereon at 9a.' (See Fig. 1'.)

I claim- 1. In an automatic player for a musical instrument, in combination with end standards for supporting the mechanism, a` iiat air-chamber or wind-chest which extends at vits lower edge to form sill is ri idly secured, and the chair-iron has an up ent end 12b from one of the end standards to the other,

and which abuts at its ends on the respective standards over the greater part of their en d standards at said abutting ends.

2. In an automatic musical instrument or player, in combination with the end standards, front and rear foot-sills connecting the standards; a Wind-chest vattached at its ends to the end standards, and a tie-bar intermediate the ends of the instrument rigidlyr connecting the front and rear sills and engaged with the lower edge of the air-chamber.

In an automatic musical instrument or player, in combinationwith the end standards, front and back boards rigidly joined at their ends to the end standards; a iiat air-f chamber or wind-chest which extends from one end standard to the other and abuts at its ends on the respective standards over the greater partof the heignt of cach and is rig idly secured thereto, and a tie-bar secured intermediate the ends oi' the front and back boards to said boards, respectively, and in l termediately engaged with the upper edge of the air-chamber.

4. In an automatic musical instrumentfor.

the front and rear sills in such interval.

v5. In an automatic musical instrument or player, in combination with the end 'standards, a fiat air-chamber or wind-chest which extends' from one ena 'standard to the other and abuts at its ends on the respective standards over the greater part of the height of each and is rigi ly secured thereto; front and Vrear inclosing elements of the case and tie-bars joined rigidly at their iront and rear ends to such front and rear case elements respectively, ,intermediate theends of the instrument, and en aged, respectively, intermediate their en s with the upper and lower edges of the air-chamber.

6. In an automatic musical instrument or player, in combination with end standards, a flatv air-chamber or wind-chest connected at its ends to the end standards; a bottom` structure connecting the lower ends of the standards and comprising bottom vboards with spaceI for the pedals etween them and chair-blocks for th'e lower edge of the windchest mounted onthe bottom boards at opposite sides of the pedals.

. 7. In an automatic musical instrument or player, `a front board apertured at its lower part for the pedals; a reinforce-board secured tothe rear or inner surface of the front board assess extending @dong the upper side ot the eperture, the rear board end e brace or tie-bar connecting the-iront end rear boerd secured to said reinforce Jfor the orWerd'e-onnection.

8. ln an automatic musical instrument or player, in eoinbinationwitll the .iront board vepertured at the lower part for the pedals,

slides for closing the pedal-aperture end a reinteres-board secured to the reer or inner aoe of the front board along the upper margin of the pedal-aperture end having its lower edge provided with a slide-.track or guideway for the upper edge of the slides.

9. lin an automatic musical instrument or player, in eonibinatien with the end stand-` ards, iront and back boards rigidly joined at their ends to the endstandards, the airjeliern- 1oer or Windeliest extendin trom standard to.

standard, the `iront boarc beiner apertured' for tlie pedals; a reinior,ee-boar which errtends along the upperv :margin of the aperture secured to the reer surface oi' the iront board; a brace or tie-bar which connects the iront and beelifiioerds end intermedietely engages the Windeliest, said 'breee or tiefbar having its forward ends connected to the front board by atteelrnient to said reinforce. y

iG. irren automatic player for a musical instrument s portieri terminating in en up@ Wardly-tecing shoulder adapted to extend under tlie manual breast of the instrument to be' played, in combination with end stemt srds, e dat sir-chamber lor wind-@liest which extends troni one end standard to the other end ebuts at its ends ontlio respeetive stand erde substentially trom seid. shoulder down to tlie ioot, and which is rigidly secured to suelo end standards et said abutting ends.

Sli. ln an automatic player 'for e musical instrument an upwardly facing shoulder edepte'dto extend under the manualbreest of the instrument to be oleyedyirieombination with end standards', rontf end beek boards rigidly joined at their ends to the end standards; a flat airchamber or e Windchest which extends from one lend standard to the other and abuts et its ends on the-respective.

standards substantially romtlre shoulder to the foot of each; and which is rigidly secured Y to seid standards et said ends, anda tieebera o secured intermediate theends-ot the foot/and back boards to said boards respeetiyely'endv intermediately engaged' with the upper .edge

ofthe air-olie'rxiber. l A 12; inan automatic pley'er for a mueres! tion Withtlie' end standards, a ateireliernloer or Windehest which extrids'from one end standard to.- the other endabuts et its ends on the respective standards-substantially from thel shoulder to thetoot ot each and is rigidly secured thereto; front and rear inclosing elements of the cese, and Atre-bersk rigidly joined. at their iront and rear ends to Y PAUL, BROWll KLUGH. l Witnesses: l

CHAs. S. BURTON, l il. S. ABBOTT.

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